I completely agree!

vikinger wrote:

Does anyone else think that Beoworld has changed, and not necessarily for the better? 

Am I wrong?

Graham

No, of cource you are right - but only from your (own) point of view!

Things change - Bang & Olufsen changes - the way people use of the B&O gear changes - media sources change - people change.....

I guess a lot of people find the Beoworld forum (as it is today) interesting - from their point of view.

MM

What is a Mojo?

How do you get it?

What does it do?

Is it pricey?

Mojo is the box that the B&O dealers use to show 4K content on the Avant:

http://store.madcatz.com/Mad-Catz-MOJO-Micro-Console-for-Android.html

M😁😁M

I don't think it has lost it's Mojo at all. I was looking through the old threads from the archived old Beoworld and the discussions were similar. I have noticed that the core contributors are smaller in number so perhaps some loss of differing opinions. On a note of curiousity, i would very much like to know what happened to the previous contributors like TripEnglish etc...have they moved on from the B&O brand or spending time being healthy and staying away from HiFi forums or somthing else?

Speaking of old threads from the archived forum, one of my all time favourites was the one entitled "The Audiophile & B&O" /forum/general-discussion-and-questions/nvidia-shield-and-connection-hub-volume

Someone from the US can, maybe, update us on Trip English. I think he was at a B&O dealership that closed.

Graham

I like Beoworld, both reading and writing. Not everyone is the same and for me new products is what is most interesting. Dealing with old equipment is fun too but for my part very old tech is not really interesting for many reasons (energy/environmental, design, technology evolvement etc). 

New technology means new solutions and new solutions means speculations :). It is also fun to be part of what is to come, guess on new products and so on.  

I certainly don't think it's lost its Mojo... but yes, it has certainly changed.  Not in a bad way, it's just different.

6-8 years ago B&O we're flying in terms of sales. Things were great, everyone had money, everyone was looking to buy themselves some new B&O - so the Forums bristled with enthusiasm and positivity from people fairly new to the brand.  This also piques interest in the classic products and created a buzz about the brand in general.

Then we get the 'wilderness years' of late, which create a negative atmosphere - and we followed with our own little dark period of disillusionment with the brand, everyone selling it and buying Samsung etc and vowing never to return.

Now, there's a spark of interest in the new and upcoming products as they are generally well priced, high quality and technically getting up to the forefront again.  This is creating a stir - and people are asking about them, which in turn has given a bit of a 'tecchie' edge to the forums, which some can construe as boring if they prefer entertainment as opposed to hard facts.

Yes, some of the 'characters' did work in dealerships, were passionate about the brand and could talk all day about it.  However, when that person has been dumped on the street after the store went bust they were left with a sour taste in their mouths. Why visit a forum about something you used to love but left you high and dry when you've got a new career or job hunting to get stuck into?

As for the Prize Draw...  I used to get "the prizes are too good" - then in the next breath "the prizes aren't good enough".  That's an aside though - I'll always spend as much as I can on Prizes, interest or not. That's all part of paying for a Gold Membership.  I think the interest has waned purely because it's been going for some time.  Camelot, the people who run the National Lottery in the UK found sales and interest in the Lottery declining so rapidly they had to re-think the prize payout structure. The accompanying TV show is now barely watched and viewing figures are shockingly low.

New things spark interest, then fade. Unless you can radically change a format, you're a bit stuffed. I'm open to suggestions though!!  Please - I'd love to hear any thoughts, views etc on how to improve.

Personally, I feel we're in a transition on the Forums once more. We're on the edge of an upturn of fortune for the company - and when that happens we'll have more new dealers, an influx of people looking to get into the brand - and this mixed with our current batch of genuinely lovely members will give a new energy to the place.  

Lee

I don't see anything catastrophic, just the normal ebb and flow of an online community, that tends to track the ebb and flow of the company and it's products that the community is interested in. The one thing I would comment on is there seems to be a lot of negativity about B&O, especially when a product is announced, it's going to be great, it's going to be crap, then it's out, and it's crap, then later it's pretty good! Patience is a virtue. But I personally am more optimistic about B&O than I have been in years, their new products seem to have embraced a new design concept, streaming media, and seem configured to do well. Time will tell but I'm optimistic as I say.

And ye gods, people like flappo and some others are usually the death of a forum. They are so antagonistic and rude that if tolerated they drive off other more productive members.

As for prize draws, heck, I'm happy that Lee puts anything up for prizes at all! It's not something I find in other forums, and I love my Beo5 I won. How cool was that? 🙂